Jay Rockefeller

I feel strongly about this, and I have ever since September 11, 2001; and before that, really, when we went into Kuwait and none of the branches of the service could talk to each other.

But it takes a two-thirds majority to override it, your decision.

I held a hearing in which I pressed the FCC to make sure that those reforms help bring wireless service to rural areas that do not have it now.

Updating the E-Rate program to meet the needs of the 21st century is necessary for our children and our national competitiveness.

The decisions the Federal Communications--FCC makes under your leadership, should you be confirmed--and then I'll stop saying that--the future of the Nation's telephone network, public safety, the wireless industry, broadcasting, the…

I thought I threw you a softball, and you hit it all the way to the pitcher's mound, but I still think you are terrific.

I rise to introduce the Fair Telephone Billing Act of 2013. This legislation would protect millions of American consumers and businesses from unauthorized charges on their wireline telephone bills. In 2011, the Senate Commerce Committee…

for the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation I report favorably the following nomination lists which were printed in the Records on the dates indicated, and ask unanimous consent, to save the expense of reprinting on the…

I was proud to join Senator Baucus from Montana in introducing legislation on Tuesday to establish an Office of Rural Education Policy at the Department of Education. Senator Baucus has been a tireless advocate for many issues affecting…

I believe that spurring job creation and economic growth in rural regions across the country is absolutely essential to U.S. economic health and competitiveness.

Too many rural areas of our country, including my home state of West Virginia, remain insular and isolated from the prosperity that more populated and urban regions take for granted and enjoy every day.

as parents, we can see the scrapes and cuts our children get--the unavoidable byproducts of growing up. A little bit of ointment and some bandages usually do the trick. But what of the injuries we can't see? The ones we can't readily tell…

They don't want their taxes to skyrocket, but they know, as do a lot of people with a lot of money, that you can't wish for something or you can't minimize yourself into greatness.

We cannot function as a country and we can certainly not achieve greatness again as a country without having research, without having infrastructure, without having trained people.

What is needed in this country for you to be a successful Secretary of Transportation, and for us to be a successful country, is a willingness to bite a bullet which some in this Congress, in both houses, refuse to bend to.

The United States has always been and still is a place that attracts talented people from all across the country and all around the world.

I think what we could be doing better as a country will be achieved through this bill, because I think, through the passing of this bill, you are sending a symbol to the world that America is open for business, that we want the best and…

It is part of American isolationism, and it is not healthy.

I value them incredibly.

The contributions of high-skilled immigrant workers to our economic success go beyond.

We should welcome these people because they make our country and our economy stronger.

I rise today to discuss mine safety, a critical issue to my state and the tens of thousands of miners across the Nation. Earlier this month we observed the third anniversary of the Upper Big Branch mine disaster which killed twenty nine of…

I believe that our commitment to and success in advancing industry self-regulation obviates the need for new legislation.

I share your frustration that it is one we haven't gotten right.

I don't want to be tracked. I don't want to be tracked contextually. I don't want to be tracked behaviorally.